ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,640, issued on April 21, was assigned to MACK RIDES IP GMBH & Co. KG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Amusement ride" was invented by Frank Sornik (Waldkirch, Germany), Thorsten Kobele (Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany) and Michael Kraus (Ehrenkirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an amusement ride (1), having a frame (10) that can be rotated about a vertical axis (Z), with at least one first seat row arrangement (20) with a linkage (30), at least one row of seats (40), each with at least one seat (41) for a passenger, and a lifting device (50), the at least one row of seats (40) being connected to the...